Jared Goff is a 'big fan' of Kirk Cousins but doesn't want him in NFC West

Kirk Cousins is one of the most intriguing players set to hit the open market this offseason, given the number of teams that need a quarterback. Anyone from the Jets to the Browns could take a look at the soon-to-be free agent, even if he is bound to cost upwards of $25 million per year.

One team that will absolutely show interest in Cousins is Arizona. The Cardinals don’t have a single quarterback under contract in 2018, which means they’ll likely either sign a guy like Cousins or spend their first-round pick on one.

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One person who doesn’t want Arizona to sign Cousins is Jared Goff, who just watched the 49ers lock up Jimmy Garoppolo for five years.

“I’m hoping he doesn’t,” Goff said of Cousins possibly signing in Arizona, via Pro Football Talk. “He’s a hell of a player. I’m a big fan of his, big fan of what he’s done.”

Cousins is a polarizing player in the fact that some believe he’s a franchise quarterback, while others still aren’t sold on him. He’s made a number of great plays in his career, but he doesn’t excel in one area of the game. His arm strength is average, he can be sporadic with his accuracy and he’s not the biggest guy in the pocket.

Goff doesn’t care about his critics and sees Cousins as a great player.

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“He’s tremendous,” Goff said. “I don’t think he gets enough credit for what he’s done. Some of the throws he made. … You rewind it, you watch it again. It’s unbelievable.”

If Cousins were to sign with the Cardinals, you could make the case that the NFC West has the best crop of quarterbacks in the NFL. With Goff, Cousins, Garoppolo and Russell Wilson in the same division, all four teams would be contenders, which the Rams would prefer not to see happen.

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